Recent Updates

The best part about the system is that the DBGallery team provides top-notch service and support to help with set up and any questions that may arise. I highly recommend the system to organizations of any size. Melissa Tassoni ∙ The Shipley School ∙ USA

Import Tool adds support for importing to custom fields. It also has simplified interface, greatly improved documentation,as well as general improvements such as update existing records (vs adding new records only).

Tested and confirmed to work on Windows 10.

Support for Windows font sizes greater than 100%.

Sort options have more convenient access, available directly from the main menu.

For improved photo viewing quality, added a "Use highest photo viewing quality (slower)" option. This option is turned off by default and may be changed in Application Settings' UI Basics tab.

Fixed a Maps display error when there we image with a more than one latitude or latitude GPS value

Fixed issue with Application Settings not saving on the personal version

Fixed an issue where corrupt or unreadable images could freeze the application during initial image loading

PlusWeb Updates

Video service supporting a very large number of formats by converting to a common playable format. Thumbs are auto-added but also has the ability to set your own thumbs on videos.

Improved overall performance.

Release 7.0 [May 4, 2015]

Update Details

Permissions on Virtual Sets Sets now have the same fine-grained permissions which folders has always had. This means you can create them and keep them private, or share them with whomever is appropriate. Access permissions are very similiar to those available for folders: View, Edit, Delete, Add, Move, etc.

Reverse GeoCoding This is a powerful and extremely convenient option for auto-tagging images with valuable and searchable data immediately upon having image files added to DBGallery. E.g. When photos of a construction site in Manhattan are taken and added to DBGallery, you will be able to immediately search for Manhattan or New York and those images will be shown! GPS data needs to have been available on the device which snapped the photos. Most modern pocket and larger Digital SLR cameras has this option, and almost all mobile phones and tables, so there is a good change your images have GPS data and will be able to take advantage of this excellent feature!

Auto-ReSync DBGallery works directly with your file and folder system, and most operations for moving and re-arranging files and folders can be done within DBGallery. But inevitably someone will perform file operations outside DBGallery which used to require manually pressing the 'Folder ReSync' button. No longer! Version 7 can have Auto-ReSync turned on and it will monitor file renames, deletes, moves and updates and automatically update its database. (Note: Auto-ReSync is turned off by default and may be turn on in Application Settings.)

Smaller but Notable Desktop Updates

Now able to rename an image file within DBGallery, in addition to existing ability to renaming folders. (Select a thumb and press F2 or right-click a thumb and choose Rename.)

DBGallery may now be minimized to the system tray. (Application Settings | UI Basics | Minimize to Tray)

Added support for AVCHD MTS Video (.avchd files) used in many of todays camcorders.

Maps: Zoom level improvements.

Fixed an issue with rounding for Lat/Lng, preventing numbers such as -116.14150000000001 which should actually be -116.1415.

Improved performance when right-clicking on a large number of thumbnails.

Fix to the Original Size selection when exporting.

Resolved an issue where some computers reported a dll load problem.

Fixed locale issues for Brazil during initial database creation.

Each time an image is rotated the correct image height/width is re-read and set in the database (important for those using the web server plugin).

Small updates to Startup Tips.

Web Server Plugin Updates

Virtual Sets now viewable in the web server plugin Virtual Sets may now be viewed over the web by users given permissions to do so. Among many other great uses for this awesome new capability, this allows those who administer a collection to have the backend folders organized and hidden from the collection's users while creating whichever 'face' they want to put on the collection by placing images from multiple folders in a virtual set for web users. Permissions which can be turned on and off for the web include: Who can see them in search results, who preview of larger images, and whether they are allowed to download the image. These are turned on and off for each Virtual Set.

Sort options have been added Sort by: Added to Database, Date Taken, Title and Relevance. Maybe be order Ascending or Descending.

Improved audio/video support and playback.

Improved performance.

Smaller but Notable Plugin Updates

Title may be configured to show for Audio, Video, and Images. On by default for audio and video.

Fixed issue with thumbnail visibility when clicked and near the bottom of the page.

Fixes issues with the 3D views.

Improved use of database connections.

Fix: "Keep me signed in" can be turned off.

Fixed Star (Rating) search.

Release 6.8 [September 6, 2014]

Update Details

New Logo and Icon. [Note to customers upgrading: the desktop and taskbar icon will change from the old icon to the spinning photograph wheel in the logo shown below.]

The Online node in the Folder tree has been renamed to "Managed Folders".
Also, the offline node of the Folder tree has been removed. Offline functionality remains and the node will appear automatically for customers with existing offline images.

Release 6.7 [August 10, 2014]

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Custom Fields tabs now have scrollbars where appropriate.

Keyword Replace in Logical Views now defaults to a Whole Word search and replace.

Release 6.6 [July 18, 2014]

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Improved Installation: Added a digital code signing certificate. This provides confidence the software really came from us and ensures the code has not been altered or corrupted since it was signed.

Release 6.5 [June 18, 2014]

Update Details

Custom Fields. DBGallery has the ability to add your own data fields. In addition to Title, Keywords, and other standard fields, create you own data fields for entry and search. E.g. Part Number, Diagnosis, Site Number, Student Grade. See more in the "Defining Custom Data Fields" Quick Tour (PDF).

Added a toggle button for showing markers as clustered or unclustered.

For locales using a comma instead of a period in decimal numbers (24,5 vs 24.5), fixed the 'stack overflow' bug.

Improved image/data view.

Web Server Plug-in Updates:

Self-registration. Allow users sign-up themselves. This is great if you have a large user base and you don't want to create a user for each yourself. Optionally, automatically create a folder immediately upon sign-up to allow these new users to upload images right away.

Now supports uploading multiple files. Just drag and drop any number of files on with upload window.

Smaller but Notable Updates

Added a "Remove from DBGallery" to the main thumbnails context area. Good for removing "Missing Images" thumbs as well as folders you wish to no longer manage with DBGallery. [Possibily leave this one out.]

Improved installation.

Bug fixes

Startup window position is remembered from the previous run.

Issues with square brackets in folder names.

"Open with..." now working.

Release 6.3 [February 8, 2014]

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User Interface improvements. Fewer colors and a reduction of lines making for a less distracting interface. Additional Theme options for those who do not like too much grey or prefer a brighter interface color, as shown in the overlay of the screenshot below.

Improved Message Box appearance which stretches to show entire message.

Fix for photos with large amounts of Exif data. Now shows all text in a larger window and includes scrollbars.

Release 6.2.7 [January 21, 2014]

Update Details

Improvements in assigning permissions to read-only users.

Google Earth Export bug fix.

Progress bar improvements.

Performance update for Search and Replace.

Release 6.2.2 [December 17, 2013]

Update Details

Improved File Export Window

Import tool. Create a new or updated database via .csv file imports.

Menu name change: "Web & Share" in the main menu has been renamed to "Export".

Button text change: "Set Filter" buttons are now say "Search".

Export General Improvement: Select a folder, or a number of folders, and all sub-folders images in the current filter will be included in the export. This improvement is true for all export types: Export to email, PDF, KML (Google Earth), WebGallery, and Export to Folder.

Web Server Plugin: Natural language search. This new capability permits multi-word searches, sorting results by relevance. A search for New York Construction would return images with all keywords at the top, then images just having Construction or New York below those.

A license manager allows those with many DBGallery licenses across the organization track how many keys they own, determine if any are available for re-use, and keep informed of which machines have which license key.

DBGallery clients using a duplicate license key will be prevented from running.

(Note: Registration Keys are now called License Keys. Menu options, etc., has been change to reflect this naming change.)

4. Export to Google Earth (KML Files)

Simply choose thumbs from a search result and export to Google Earth with a couple clicks.

In Google Earth both the photo and it's data are available, as shown below.

5. Improved Audio and Video playback.

Plays more audio and video file types.

Now uses an embedded Windows Media Player and it's controls for playback.

6. Single Sign-On with Active Directory

For users on an Network Domain using Active Directory (the majority of business users), DBGallery can automatically login using domain account credentials.

Smaller but Notable Updates

Improved reading of Date Created from photo files.

Improved installation during intial install and upgrades.

Improved navigations while viewing images: Alt-Right-Arrow and Alt-Left-Arrow for Next and Previous image; Delete key to delete the current image file; Up and Down arrows to zoom in and out (Ctrl-Up-Arrow for 100%; Ctrl-Down-Arrow for Fit-to-Window-Size); plus others.